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PART 1U.K.PRELIMINARY

Citation, commencement and effectU.K.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Excise Goods (Holding, Movement and Duty Point) Regulations 2010.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

2.  They come into force on 1st April 2010 except that—

(a)Part 4 (UK registered consignors), regulation 7(1)(g) and regulation 35(c) come into force on 1st January 2011;

(b)regulation 39(1)(a), in so far as it applies to a UK registered consignor, only has effect on or after 1st January 2011;

(c)regulation 39(1)(b), in so far as it requires compliance with the procedures in Part 6 (exports of excise goods under duty suspension arrangements) or Part 8 (movements of excise goods wholly within the United Kingdom under duty suspension arrangements) only applies to movements of excise goods that start on or after 1st January 2011.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

[F12A.  On the day that the Excise Goods (Holding, Movement and Duty Point) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 come into force—

(a)regulation 2(a) and (b) ceases to have effect in relation to “UK registered consignors” but continues to have effect in relation to “registered consignees”, and

(b)regulation 2(c) ceases to have effect in relation to the procedures in part 6.]

Textual Amendments

[F1 2B.  These Regulations have effect subject to the Northern Ireland Regulations 2020 which apply to excise goods in Northern Ireland where specified in those Regulations.]

Textual Amendments

InterpretationU.K.

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

F2...

“ALDA 1979” means the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

“authorised warehousekeeper” means–

(a)

F3...

(i)

the occupier of an excise warehouse who is approved in accordance with regulations made under section 93(1) of CEMA 1979;

(ii)

a person who is registered under section 41A or 47 of ALDA 1979 M1;

(iii)

a person who holds an excise licence under section 54(2) or 55(2) of ALDA 1979;

(iv)

a person who is registered in accordance with section 62(2) of ALDA 1979;

(v)

the occupier of premises registered for the manufacture or safe storage of tobacco products in accordance with regulations made under section 7(1)(b) or (ba) of TPDA 1979 M2; F4...

“business day” means any day except—

(a)

Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday or Christmas Day M3;

(b)

a bank holiday M4 under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M5;

(c)

a day appointed by Royal proclamation as a public fast or thanksgiving day M6;

(d)

a day declared by an order under section 2 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 to be a non-business day M7;

“CEMA 1979” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;

[F5“change of destination message” means the message submitted by the consignor of excise goods using the UK computerised system notifying the Commissioners of a change of destination of those goods;]

“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

F6...

“customs and excise Acts” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of CEMA 1979;

F7...

[F8“customs suspensive procedure or arrangement” means—

(a)

any one of the special Customs procedures provided for in Part 1 of the TCTA 2018 (other than an authorised use procedure); and

(b)

the situation between the goods being presented to the Commissioners upon their entry into the United Kingdom in accordance with paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the TCTA 2018 and the earlier of—

(i)

the end of the period of 90 days beginning with the day on which the goods are so presented, and

(ii)

a Customs declaration under Schedule 1 to that Act being accepted in respect of the goods;]

F9...

F10...

“duty” means any excise duty;

“duty deferment arrangement” means any provision made by or under the customs and excise Acts that permits the payment of excise duty to be deferred;

“duty suspension arrangement” means a tax arrangement applied to the production, processing, holding or movement of excise goods not covered by a customs suspensive procedure or arrangement, excise duty being suspended;

[F11“electronic administrative document” means the message submitted by the consignor to the Commissioners using the UK computerised system under cover of which a movement of excise goods takes place under a duty suspension arrangement;]

[F12“EMCS requirements” means the requirements specified in the notice published by the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 56(2) and—

(a)

in the case of a draft electronic administrative document and an electronic administrative document, the respective requirements set out in paragraphs (2A) and (9) of regulation 57;

(b)

in the case of a fallback accompanying document, the requirements set out in paragraphs (2)(b) and (2A) of regulation 60;

(c)

in the case of a fallback report of receipt, the requirements set out in paragraphs (1) and (1A) of regulation 61;

(d)

in the case of a report of receipt, the requirements set out in regulation 59(1);

(e)

in the case of a report of export, the requirements set out in regulation 59A(3);]

[F13“energy products” means hydrocarbon oil, biodiesel, bioethanol, aqua methanol, road fuel gas, fuel substitute or any mixture of such products charged to excise duty or treated as such under sections 6 to 8, 20AAA, 20AAD and 23C of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979, or pursuant to an order made under section 10 of the Finance Act 1993;]

F14...

F15...

[F16“excise duty” has the meaning given to it in section 49 of the TCTA 2018;]

[F17“excise goods” means goods which are chargeable with excise duty and goods which are treated as chargeable with excise duty under section 23C of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979;]

F18...

F19...

“fallback accompanying document” means the paper document referred to in [F20regulation 60(2)(b)];

F21...

“fallback report of receipt” means the paper document referred to in [F22regulation 61(1)];

[F23“irregularity” means a situation occurring in the course of a movement of excise goods under a duty suspension arrangement, other than a relevant event referred to in regulation 21, as a result of which the movement, or a part of that movement, has not ended in accordance with regulation 3(3)(b);]

F24...

[F25“Northern Ireland Regulations 2020” mean the Excise Goods (Holding, Movement and Duty Point) Regulations 2010 as modified and applied in relation to excise goods in Northern Ireland by the Excise Duties (Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020;]

F26...

F27...

[F28“place of importation” means the place where excise goods are when a declaration for the free-circulation procedure or an authorised use procedure in respect of those goods is accepted in accordance with Schedule 1 to the TCTA 2018;]

F29...

F30...

[F31“registered consignor” has the meaning given by regulation 30(2);]

“report of export” means a report completed by the [F32Commissioners] using the [F33UK] computerised system certifying that excise goods have left the territory of the [F34United Kingdom];

“report of receipt” means a report submitted by the consignee of excise goods using the [F33UK] computerised system to the [F35Commissioners] confirming that the goods have been received;

F36...

“tax warehouse” means –

(a)

F37...

(i)

an excise warehouse M8;

(ii)

any premises registered under section 41A or 47 of ALDA 1979;

(iii)

any premises in respect of which a person holds an excise licence under section 54(2) or 55(2) of ALDA 1979;

(iv)

any premises in respect of which a person is registered in accordance with section 62(2) of ALDA 1979;

(v)

any premises registered for the manufacture or safe storage of tobacco products in accordance with regulations made under section 7(1)(b) or (ba) of TPDA 1979; F38...

[F39“TCTA 2018” means the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018;]

F40...

“tobacco products” has the meaning given in section 1(1) of TPDA 1979;

“TPDA 1979” means the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979;

“transporter” means the person carrying out the first transportation of excise goods in a movement of such goods;

[F41“UK computerised system” means the computerised system for monitoring the movement of excisable products in the UK;]

F42...

F43...

“unique administrative reference code” means a code assigned to an electronic administrative document;

F44...

F45(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations a movement of excise goods under a duty suspension arrangement—

[F46(a)starts when—

(i)the goods leave a tax warehouse (where the consignor is an authorised warehousekeeper); or

(ii)a declaration for the free-circulation procedure or an authorised use procedure is accepted in accordance with Schedule 1 to the TCTA 2018 (where the consignor is a registered consignor), and]

(b)ends-

(i)except where sub-paragraph (ii) applies, when the consignee takes delivery of the goods, or

(ii)in a case where the goods were dispatched to a place from where they will leave the territory of the [F47United Kingdom], when they have so left.

F48(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Reg. 3, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 5, 6 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-3)

Marginal Citations

M21979 c. 7; section 7(ba) was inserted by the Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), section 15(6).

M4This follows the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 (c. 61) section 92(b), which was amended by the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), section 4 (4).

M51971 c.80: section 1 of and Schedule 1 to that Act relate to bank holidays. Schedule 1 was amended by the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 2).

M7This follows the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 (c.61), section 92(d), which was inserted by the Banking and Financial Dealings 1971 (c.80). Section 4(3) of the latter Act makes further provision about such orders.

M8“Excise warehouse” is defined in section 1(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

Application to energy productsU.K.

F494.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

PART 2U.K.EXCISE DUTY POINTS AND PAYMENT OF THE DUTY

Goods released for consumption in the United Kingdom-excise duty pointU.K.

5.  Subject to [F50regulations 7(2) and 7A], there is an excise duty point at the time when excise goods are released for consumption in the United Kingdom.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4Reg. 5, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 7 (with regs. 2, 3)

6.—(1) Excise goods are released for consumption in the United Kingdom at the time when the goods—

(a)leave a duty suspension arrangement;

(b)are held outside a duty suspension arrangement and F51... excise duty on those goods has not been paid, relieved, remitted or deferred under a duty deferment arrangement;

(c)are produced outside a duty suspension arrangement; or

(d)are charged with duty at importation unless they are placed, immediately upon importation, under a duty suspension arrangement.

(2) In paragraph (1)(d) “importation” means—

(a)the entry into the United Kingdom of excise goods F52..., unless the goods upon their entry into the United Kingdom are immediately placed under a customs suspensive procedure or arrangement; F53...

[F54(ab)the entry into Great Britain of excise goods from Northern Ireland where those goods have been exported from an EU Member State to Great Britain and began their journey in an EU Member State;]

(b)the release in the United Kingdom of excise goods from a customs suspensive procedure or arrangement.

F55(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6Reg. 6, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 8 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 4)

7.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 6(1)(a), excise goods leave a duty suspension arrangement at the earlier of the time when—

(a)they leave any tax warehouse in the United Kingdom or are otherwise made available for consumption (including consumption in a tax warehouse) unless—

(i)they are dispatched to one of the destinations referred to in [F56regulation 37(a)]; and

(ii)are moved in accordance with the conditions specified in regulation 39;

(b)they are consumed;

F57(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F58(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)the premises on which the goods are deposited cease to be a tax warehouse;

F59(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)they leave a place of importation in the United Kingdom unless—

(i)they are dispatched to one of the destinations referred to in [F60regulation 37(a)]; and

(ii)are moved in accordance with the conditions specified in regulation 39;

(h)there is an irregularity in the course of a movement of the goods under a duty suspension arrangement which occurs, or is deemed to occur F61...;

(i)there is any contravention of, or failure to comply with, any requirement relating to the duty suspension arrangement; or

(j)they are found to be deficient or missing from a tax warehouse.

(2) An excise duty point does not occur at the time when excise goods leave a duty suspension arrangement—

(a)by virtue of paragraph (1)(a) or (g), if they are [F62lawfully] delivered for export, shipment as stores or removal to the Isle of Man;

(b)by virtue of paragraph (1)(j), if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that the absence of, or deficiency in, the goods is due to a legitimate cause.

F63(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F63(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(i), the sale of tobacco products that are eligible for home use to a person who is not a manufacturer is a contravention of a requirement of duty suspension arrangements.

(6) In paragraph (5) “manufacturer” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Tobacco Products Regulations 2001 M9.

Textual Amendments

F62Word in reg. 7(2)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Excise Goods (Aircraft and Ship's Stores) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/368), regs. 1(1), 22

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8Reg. 7, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 9 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5)

Marginal Citations

M9S.I. 2001/1712; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/1523, 2006/2368.

[F647A.—(1) An excise duty point does not arise by virtue of regulation 6(1)(d) where excise goods enter Great Britain from the Republic of Ireland having merely passed through the Republic of Ireland and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that UK excise duty has been paid on those goods in Northern Ireland.

(2) The Commissioners may in a notice published by them specify details of the evidence that will be accepted as demonstrating that the conditions in paragraph (1) have been complied with.]

Textual Amendments

Goods released for consumption in the United Kingdom-persons liable to payU.K.

8.—(1) Subject to regulation 9, the person liable to pay the duty when excise goods are released for consumption by virtue of regulation 6(1)(a) (excise goods leaving a duty suspension arrangement) is the authorised warehousekeeper F65... or any other person releasing the excise goods or on whose behalf the excise goods are released from the duty suspension arrangement.

(2) In the case of an irregular departure from a tax warehouse any other person involved in that departure is jointly and severally liable to pay the duty with the persons specified in paragraph (1).

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10Reg. 8, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 10, 11 (with regs. 2, 3)

9.—(1) The person liable to pay the duty when excise goods are released for consumption by virtue of an irregularity in the course of a movement of the goods under a duty suspension arrangement which occurs, or is deemed to occur, F66... is—

(a)in a case where a guarantee was required in accordance with regulation 39, the person who provided that guarantee;

(b)in a case where no guarantee was required—

(i)the authorised warehousekeeper of dispatch (where the excise goods were dispatched from a tax warehouse F67...); or

(ii)the F68... registered consignor (where the excise goods were dispatched upon [F69a declaration for the free-circulation procedure or an authorised use procedure being accepted] in accordance with [F70Part 1 of the TCTA 2018]).

(2) Any other person who participated in the irregularity and who was aware, or should reasonably have been aware, that it was an irregularity, is jointly and severally liable to pay the duty with the persons specified in paragraph (1).

F71(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11Reg. 9, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 12 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6)

10.—(1) The person liable to pay the duty when excise goods are released for consumption by virtue of regulation 6(1)(b) (holding of excise goods outside a duty suspension arrangement) is the person holding the excise goods at that time.

(2) Any other person involved in the holding of the excise goods is jointly and severally liable to pay the duty with the person specified in paragraph (1).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

11.—(1) The person liable to pay the duty when excise goods are released for consumption by virtue of regulation 6(1)(c) (production of excise goods outside a duty suspension arrangement) is the person producing the excise goods.

(2) In the case of irregular production of excise goods, any other person involved in their production is jointly and severally liable to pay the duty with the person specified in paragraph (1).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12Reg. 11 modified in so far as these Regulations are continued in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2020/1559, reg. 12A (with regs. 2, 3) (as substituted by The Excise Duties and Value Added Tax (Northern Ireland) (Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/64), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6)

12.—(1) The person liable to pay the duty when excise goods are released for consumption by virtue of regulation 6(1)(d) (importation of excise goods F72...) is the person who declares the excise goods or on whose behalf they are declared upon importation.

(2) In the case of an irregular importation any person involved in the importation is liable to pay the duty.

(3) Where more than one person is involved in the irregular importation, each person is jointly and severally liable to pay the duty.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13Reg. 12 modified in so far as these Regulations are continued in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2020/1559, reg. 12B (with regs. 2, 3) (as substituted by The Excise Duties and Value Added Tax (Northern Ireland) (Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/64), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 6)

Goods already released for consumption in another Member State-excise duty point and persons liable to payU.K.

F7313.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C14Reg. 13, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 13, 14 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 7)

F7314.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C15Reg. 14, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 15 (with regs. 2, 3)

F7315.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C16Reg. 15, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 16 (with regs. 2, 3)

F7316.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17Reg. 16, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 17 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 8)

F7317.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C18Reg. 17, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 18 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 9)

Contravention of conditions or requirements-duty point and persons liable to payU.K.

18.—(1) The excise duty point for excise goods in respect of which there is a failure to comply with any condition subject to which any relief from payment of duty on those goods was conferred is the time of that failure to comply.

(2) The person liable to pay the duty is the person holding the excise goods at the excise duty point.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

19.—(1) The excise duty point for excise goods in respect of which there has been a contravention described in any of paragraphs [F74(3) and (4)] is the time specified in paragraph (6).

F75(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) For excise goods to which Part 8 applies (movement of excise goods wholly within the United Kingdom under duty suspension arrangements) the contraventions are—

(a)a failure to comply with regulation 57(2) (completion of draft electronic administrative document for movements of excise goods under duty suspension arrangements wholly within the United Kingdom);

(b)a failure to comply with regulation 60(2) (procedure for movement of excise goods under duty suspension arrangements wholly within the United Kingdom when [F76UK] computerised system unavailable).

(4) For excise goods to which Part 9 applies (simplified procedures for movements of excise goods wholly within the United Kingdom under duty suspension arrangements) the contraventions are—

(a)a failure to comply with the conditions specified in regulation 62(3) (simplified procedures for certain movements of [F77alcoholic products]); and

(b)a failure to comply with the conditions specified in regulation 63(3) (simplified procedure for certain movements of tobacco products).

F75(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) The excise duty point is—

F78(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)for excise goods to which Parts 8 and 9 apply, the time when the goods were removed from the tax warehouse or, as the case may be, the place of importation F79....

(7) The person liable to pay the duty when an excise duty point specified —

F80(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in paragraph (6)(b) occurs is the authorised warehousekeeper or, as the case may be, the F81... registered consignor [F82.]

F80(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8) Any person whose conduct caused a contravention described in this regulation so that there was an excise duty point is jointly and severally liable to pay the excise duty at that excise duty point with the person specified in paragraph (7).

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C19Reg. 19, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 19 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 10)

Time of payment of the dutyU.K.

20.—(1) Subject to—

(a)the provisions of these Regulations and any other regulations made under the customs and excise Acts about accounting and payment;

(b)any relief conferred by or under the customs and excise Acts; or

(c)any duty deferment arrangement,

duty must be paid at or before an excise duty point.

(2) In a duty deferment arrangement the time when the duty must be paid is the time specified by that arrangement.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

Destruction and loss of excise goodsU.K.

21.—[F83(1) This regulation applies where the occurrence of a relevant event is proven to the satisfaction of the Commissioners.]

(2) A “relevant event” means the total destruction or irretrievable loss of excise goods as a result of—

(a)the nature of the goods;

(b)unforeseeable circumstances;

(c)force majeure; or

(d)authorisation by the [F84Commissioners].

[F85(3) If at the time of the relevant event, the excise goods were under a duty suspension arrangement, the occurrence of the event shall not be considered as a release for consumption.]

(4) For the purposes of this regulation goods are considered totally destroyed or irretrievably lost when they are rendered unusable as excise goods.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C20Reg. 21, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 20 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11)

F86PART 3U.K.UK REGISTERED CONSIGNEES

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Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C21Pt. 3, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 21-27 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13)

PART 4U.K.F87... REGISTERED CONSIGNORS

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C22Pt. 4 heading, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 28 (with regs. 2, 3)

Approval and RegistrationU.K.

30.—(1) For the purposes of section 100G of CEMA 1979 the Commissioners may approve revenue traders who wish to only dispatch excise goods under duty suspension arrangements upon [F88a declaration for the free-circulation procedure or an authorised use procedure being accepted] in accordance with [F89Part 1 of the TCTA 2018] and register them as excise dealers and shippers in accordance with section 100G(2) of CEMA 1979.

(2) A revenue trader who has been so approved and registered shall be known as a F90... registered consignor.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C23Reg. 30, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 29 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 14)

31.—(1) The Commissioners must furnish every F91... registered consignor with a certificate of registration.

(2) When a person ceases to be a F91... registered consignor that person must immediately destroy the certificate of registration.

(3) A F91... registered consignor must give notice in writing to the Commissioners of any change in the information contained in the consignor's certificate of registration within seven days of the change.

(4) Where—

(a)a F91... registered consignor gives notice in accordance with paragraph (3); or

(b)without any such notice having been given it appears to the Commissioners that a consignor's certificate of registration requires correction,

they must, unless they revoke the consignor's approval and registration in accordance with regulation 100G(5) of CEMA 1979, furnish the consignor with a corrected certificate of registration.

(5) Where, in accordance with paragraph (4), the Commissioners furnish a F91... registered consignor with a corrected certificate of registration the consignor must, upon receiving that certificate, destroy the original certificate that required correction.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C24Reg. 31, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 30 (with regs. 2, 3)

Certificates of RegistrationU.K.

32.  Every certificate of registration must contain the following particulars—

(a)a unique reference number assigned to the F92... registered consignor by the Commissioners;

(b)the name and (if different) the trading name of the F92... registered consignor;

(c)the address of the F92... registered consignor's place of business (including any postcode) in the United Kingdom;

(d)any conditions or restrictions imposed by the Commissioners in the exercise of their discretion under section 100G(4) of CEMA 1979.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C25Reg. 32, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 30 (with regs. 2, 3)

Conditions and restrictionsU.K.

33.  The approval and registration of F93... registered consignors, in addition to any conditions or restrictions imposed on them by the Commissioners under section 100G(4) of the Act, is subject to the conditions and restrictions prescribed in a notice published by the Commissioners.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C26Reg. 33, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 30 (with regs. 2, 3)

PART 5U.K.HOLDING AND MOVEMENT OF EXCISE GOODS UNDER DUTY SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS

Holding of excise goods under duty suspension arrangementsU.K.

34.  Excise goods may be deposited and kept under duty suspension arrangements only in a tax warehouse.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C27Reg. 34, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 31 (with regs. 2, 3)

Moving excise goods under duty suspension arrangementsU.K.

F9435.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C28Reg. 35, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 32 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 16)

F9536.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C29Reg. 36, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 33 (with regs. 2, 3)

37.— [F96(1)]  Excise goods of a certain class or description may only be moved wholly within the United Kingdom under duty suspension arrangements if they are—

(a)dispatched from a tax warehouse to—

(i)another tax warehouse approved in relation to excise goods of that class or description;

(ii)a place from where they will leave the territory of the [F97United Kingdom]; or

(b)dispatched by a F98... registered consignor from the place of importation to either of the destinations referred to in paragraph (a).

[F99(2) The modifications in paragraphs (3) and (4) apply in cases where excise goods are being transported between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in either direction (and accordingly regulation 37 of the Northern Ireland Regulations 2020 applies in respect of the part of the journey in Northern Ireland).

(3) Where excise goods are sent from a place in Great Britain to a place in Northern Ireland—

(a)the references in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) and Part 8 to a place from where the goods will leave the United Kingdom include references to a place from where the goods will leave Great Britain for Northern Ireland; but

(b)regulation 59A does not apply to the movement.

(4) Where excise goods are sent from a place in Northern Ireland to a place in Great Britain, the references in paragraph (1)(b) and Part 8 to the place of importation include references to the place where the goods arrive in Great Britain from Northern Ireland.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C30Reg. 37, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 34 (with regs. 2, 3)

38.—(1) For the protection of the revenue the Commissioners may by notice in writing addressed to a packager or a registered brewer registered under section 41A(1) of ALDA 1979, restrict or prohibit the movement of beer without payment of duty from the premises in respect of which the packager or brewer is registered under that section to—

(a)other premises in respect of which any person is registered under that section; or

(b)an excise warehouse.

(2) In this regulation —

[F100“beer” has the meaning given by paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (categories of alcoholic products: interpretation);]

“registered brewer” has the meaning given in section 47(1) of that Act;

“packager” has the meaning given in section 4(1) of that Act.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

Movement conditionsU.K.

39.—(1) Except for movements between tax warehouses which the Commissioners may specify in a notice, excise goods may not be moved under duty suspension arrangements unless—

(a)the risks inherent in the movement are covered by an approved guarantee provided by the authorised warehousekeeper of dispatch, the registered consignor or any other person the Commissioners may allow in accordance with paragraph (2) which secures such amount of the duty chargeable on the goods as the Commissioners may require; and

(b)the procedures in F101... Part 8 or, as the case may be, Part 9 of these Regulations are complied with.

(2) Subject to such conditions as they may specify in a notice the Commissioners may allow the guarantee referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to be provided by —

(a)the transporter or carrier of the excise goods;

(b)the owner of the excise goods; or

(c)the consignee of the excise goods.

(3) In paragraph (1)(a) “approved” means approved by the Commissioners.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C32Reg. 39, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 35 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 17)

F102PART 6U.K.EXPORTS OF EXCISE GOODS UNDER DUTY SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS

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Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C33Pt. 6, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 36-49 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 19-30)

F103PART 7U.K.IMPORTS OF EXCISE GOODS UNDER DUTY SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS

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Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C34Pt. 7, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 50-52 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 31)

PART 8U.K.MOVEMENTS OF EXCISE GOODS WHOLLY WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDER DUTY SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C35Pt. 8 modified (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in so far as these regulations are continued, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland, by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 54 (with regs. 2, 3)

Application of Part 8U.K.

56.—[F104(1)] [F105Subject to [F106regulation 56A(1)], this] Part applies to the movement of excise goods, other than energy products, under duty suspension arrangements where—

(a)the movement starts in the United Kingdom F107...;

(b)the movement ends in the United Kingdom;

(c)the goods do not at any time leave the United Kingdom during the course of the movement; and

(d)a simplified procedure under Part 9 of these Regulations does not apply.

[F108(1A) This Part also applies to the movement of the energy products mentioned in Article 20(1) of Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity from a place of importation to—

(a)a tax warehouse; or

(b)a place from where they will leave the territory of the United Kingdom,

where the energy products do not at any time leave the United Kingdom during the course of the movement.

(2) (a) The Commissioners must publish a notice specifying the requirements for the electronic messages to be sent using the UK computerised system, namely—

(i)the electronic administrative document;

(ii)the cancellation message referred to in regulation 58(2);

(iii)the change of destination message;

(iv)the notification of change of destination message referred to in regulation 58(9); and

(v)the report of receipt and report of export; and

(b)for each message, the notice must specify the data elements required structured in data groups and, where applicable, data subgroups.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

[F109Northern Ireland – special provisionsU.K.

56A.—(1) Parts 8 and 9 do not apply to the movement of excise goods under duty suspension where—

(a)the goods have been dispatched from an EU Member State in duty suspension to a tax warehouse in Northern Ireland travelling via Great Britain;

(b)the movement ends in a tax warehouse in Northern Ireland.

(2) In the case of a movement of goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to which Part 8 or 9 applies the consignor must be a NI registered consignor under the Northern Ireland Regulations 2020.]

Textual Amendments

Electronic administrative document for movements of excise goods under duty suspension arrangements wholly within the United KingdomU.K.

57.—(1) Subject to regulation 60, a movement of excise goods to which this Part applies must take place under cover of an electronic administrative document.

[F110(1A) Where the excise goods are dispatched from Great Britain to Northern Ireland (or vice versa) in duty suspension and the goods are placed under a further duty suspension arrangement immediately upon importation into Northern Ireland or Great Britain (as the case may be) only one electronic administrative document needs to be used.]

(2) Before the excise goods are dispatched, the consignor must complete a draft electronic administrative document that complies with the [F111requirements set out in paragraphs (2A) and (9)] and send it to the Commissioners using the computerised system.

[F112(2A) The draft electronic administrative document must be submitted no earlier than 7 days before the date indicated on that document as the date of dispatch of the excise goods concerned.]

(3) The Commissioners must carry out an electronic verification of the data in the draft electronic administrative document.

(4) Where the data in the document are invalid, the Commissioners must, using the [F113UK] computerised system, inform the consignor of that fact without delay.

(5) Where the data in the document are valid, the Commissioners must assign to the document a unique administrative reference code and, using the [F114UK] computerised system, inform the consignor of that code.

(6) If the excise goods are dispatched to a tax warehouse the Commissioners must, using the [F115UK] computerised system, send the electronic administrative document to the authorised warehousekeeper of that warehouse.

(7) The consignor of the excise goods must provide the person accompanying the goods during the course of the movement with —

(a)a printed version of the electronic administrative document; or

(b)any other commercial document on which the unique administrative reference code is clearly stated.

(8) Whilst the goods remain in the custody or under the control of the person accompanying the goods, that person must, upon request, produce or cause to be produced to the Commissioners one of the documents referred to in paragraph (7).

[F116(9) The draft electronic administrative document referred to in paragraph (2) and the electronic administrative document to which a unique administrative reference code has been assigned in accordance with paragraph (5) must comply with the requirements for those documents specified in the notice published by the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 56(2).]

Textual Amendments

Electronic administrative document for movements of excise goods under duty suspension arrangements wholly within the United Kingdom-supplementary provisionsU.K.

58.—(1) The consignor may, using the [F117UK] computerised system, cancel the electronic administrative document at any time before the excise goods leave the tax warehouse from where they are to be dispatched or the place of importation.

(2) A consignor wishing to cancel an electronic administrative document must [F118complete a draft cancellation message and send it to the Commissioners using the UK computerised system.]

[F119(2A) The draft cancellation message must comply with the requirements for that message specified in the notice published by the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 56(2).

(2B) The Commissioners must carry out an electronic verification of the data in the draft cancellation message.

(2C) Where the data in the document are invalid, the Commissioners must, using the UK computerised system, inform the consignor of that fact without delay.

(2D) Where the data in the document are valid, the Commissioners must—

(a)add the date and time of validation to the cancellation message and communicate that information to the consignor;

(b)where the consignee is an authorised warehousekeeper, forward the cancellation message to the consignee.]

(3) During the course of a movement the consignor may, using the [F120UK] computerised system, amend the destination shown on the electronic administrative document.

(4) A destination may only be amended if the new destination is—

(a)another tax warehouse; [F121or]

F122(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)a place from where the goods will leave the territory of the [F123United Kingdom] F124....

(5) A consignor wishing to amend the destination must [F125complete a draft change of destination message and send it to the Commissioners using the UK computerised system.]

[F126(6) The draft change of destination message must comply with the requirements for that message specified in the notice published by the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 56(2).]

[F127(7) The Commissioners must carry out an electronic verification of the data in the draft change of destination message.

(8) Where the data in the message are invalid, the Commissioners must, using the UK computerised system, inform the consignor of that fact without delay.

(9) Where the data in the message are valid, the Commissioners must:

(a)add the date and time of validation and a sequence number to the change of destination message and inform the consignor of that number;

(b)update the original electronic administrative document in accordance with the information in the change of destination message; and

(c)inform the consignee mentioned in the original electronic administrative document of the change of destination in accordance with the requirements for the notification of change of destination message specified in the notice published by the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 56(2).]

Textual Amendments

Report of receipt of excise goods moved under duty suspension arrangements wholly within the United KingdomU.K.

59.—(1) Subject to regulation 61, on receipt of the excise goods the consignee must, using the [F128UK] computerised system, send to the Commissioners without delay, and in any event no later than five business days after receipt of the goods (or within such other period as the Commissioners may allow), a report of receipt that complies with the [F129requirements for that message specified in the notice published by the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 56(2)].

(2) The Commissioners must carry out an electronic verification of the data in the report of receipt.

(3) Where the data in the report of receipt are invalid, the Commissioners must, using the [F130UK] computerised system, inform the consignee of that fact without delay.

(4) Where the data in the report of receipt are valid, the Commissioners must, using the [F131UK] computerised system —

(a)register the report;

(b)notify the consignee that it has been registered; and

(c)send it to the consignor.

(5) A report of receipt shall constitute proof that the movement of the excise goods referred to in the report has ended.

(6) Without prejudice to paragraph (5), an endorsement by the Commissioners that the goods have reached their stated destination shall constitute proof that the movement of those goods has ended.

(7) In paragraph (6) “stated destination” means the destination stated in the electronic administrative document or, as the case may be, fallback accompanying document.

Textual Amendments

[F132Report of export from the territory of the United KingdomU.K.

59A.—(1) This regulation applies where excise goods have been dispatched from a place in the United Kingdom to a place from where they will leave the territory of the United Kingdom.

(2) Upon notification being sent by the Commissioners in accordance with regulations made under Part 1 of the TCTA 2018 confirming the excise goods have left the territory of the United Kingdom, the Commissioners must send a report of export to the consignor using the UK computerised system.

(3) The report of export must comply with the requirements for that message specified in the notice published by the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 56(2).

(4) A report of export shall constitute proof that the movement of the excise goods referred to in the report has ended.]

Textual Amendments

Procedure for movement of excise goods under duty suspension arrangements wholly within the United Kingdom when [F133UK] computerised system unavailableU.K.

60.—(1) This regulation [F134, regulation 60A] and regulation 61 apply when the [F135UK] computerised system is unavailable.

(2) Excise goods may only be moved from a tax warehouse or place of importation under duty suspension arrangements if—

(a)the consignor notifies the Commissioners before the goods leave the warehouse or place of importation; and

(b)the goods are accompanied by a [F136paper document that complies with the requirements set out in paragraph (2A).]

[F137(2A) The paper document referred to in paragraph (2)(b) must—

(a)carry the title ‘Fallback Accompanying Document for movements of excise goods under suspension of excise duty’; and

(b)contain the same data displayed in the form of data elements and expressed in the same manner as the draft electronic administrative document referred to in regulation 57(2).]

(3) Before the goods leave the warehouse or place of importation the Commissioners may require the consignor to—

(a)provide a copy of the fallback accompanying document;

(b)verify the data contained in that document; and

(c)provide information on the reasons for the unavailability of the [F138UK] computerised system (if the consignor is responsible for that unavailability).

(4) As soon as the [F139UK] computerised system is restored the consignor must, in accordance with regulation 57(2), complete a draft electronic administrative document and send it to the Commissioners.

(5) The Commissioners must, in accordance with regulation 57(3), carry out a verification of the data in the draft electronic administrative document.

(6) If the data are valid, regulation 57(5) to (8) shall apply and the electronic administrative document shall replace the fallback accompanying document.

(7) If the data are invalid, the movement shall be treated as taking place under cover of the fallback accompanying document.

(8) The consignor must keep a copy of the fallback accompanying document.

Textual Amendments

[F140Procedure for amending destination when [F141UK] computerised system unavailableU.K.

60A.—(1) If, in accordance with regulation 58(3), the destination shown on the electronic administrative document is amended, the consignor must, before the destination is amended, notify the Commissioners of the new destination.

(2) As soon as the [F142UK] computerised system is restored, the consignor must notify the Commissioners of the new destination using the [F142UK] computerised system.

[F143(3) The consignor must ensure that the information notified to the Commissioners in accordance with paragraph (1) is in the form of data elements, expressed in the same manner as the change of destination message referred to in regulation 58(5).]]

Textual Amendments

Report of receipt of excise goods moved under duty suspension arrangements wholly within the United Kingdom when [F144UK] computerised system unavailableU.K.

61.—(1) Where, due to the unavailability of the [F145UK] computerised system, a report of receipt cannot be sent in accordance with regulation 59(1), the consignee must send to the consignor a [F146paper document that complies with the requirements set out in paragraph (1A) and contains the same data as the report of receipt referred to in regulation 59(1).]

[F147(1A) The paper document referred to in paragraph (1) must—

(a)carry the title ‘Fallback Report of Receipt for movements of excise goods under suspension of excise duty’; and

(b)display the required data in the form of data elements, expressed in the same manner as in the report of receipt.]

(2) As soon as the computerised system is restored the consignee must send a report of receipt to the Commissioners and regulation 59(2) to (4) shall apply to that report.

Textual Amendments

PART 9U.K.SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR MOVEMENTS OF EXCISE GOODS WHOLLY WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDER DUTY SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C37Pt. 9 modified (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in so far as these regulations are continued, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland, by virtue of The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 54 (with regs. 2, 3)

Simplified procedure for certain movements of [F148alcoholic products] U.K.

62.—(1) This regulation applies to a movement of [F149alcoholic products] under duty suspension arrangements which starts in the United Kingdom after 31st December 2010.

[F150(2) Subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (3), [F151alcoholic products] to which this regulation applies may be removed without payment of duty from the premises referred to in paragraphs (2A) to (2E) to any other such premises without being under the cover of an electronic administrative document.

(2A) In the case of beer—

(a)premises in respect of which—

(i)the producer of the beer or a packager is registered under section 41A of ALDA 1979 (beer stores);

(ii)the producer of the beer is registered under section 47(1) of ALDA 1979 (breweries);

(b)an excise warehouse approved for the deposit, keeping and securing of beer.

(2B) In the case of wine and [F152other fermented product]—

(a)premises in respect of which the producer of the wine or [F152other fermented product] holds a licence under section 54(2) or 55(2) of ALDA 1979 (wineries);

(b)an excise warehouse approved for the deposit, keeping and securing of wine or [F152other fermented product].

(2C) In the case of cider—

(a)premises in respect of which the maker of the cider is registered under section 62(2) of ALDA (cider maker’s premises);

(b)an excise warehouse approved for the deposit, keeping and securing of cider.

(2D) In the case of spirits an excise warehouse approved for the deposit, keeping and securing of spirits.

[F153(2E) In the case of any [F154alcoholic products], premises in respect of which a person (other than the producer or manufacturer of [F155the products]) who is treated under sections 43A to 43D of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 as a member of the same group as the producer or manufacturer—

(a)is registered or holds a licence under any of the provisions referred to in paragraphs (2A) to (2C); or

(b)is the authorised warehousekeeper.]]

(3) The specified conditions are—

(a)in a case where a guarantee was required in accordance with regulation 39, the [F156alcoholic product] must be accompanied by a document prescribed by warehousing regulations as required to accompany goods that are permitted to be removed from a warehouse without payment of duty;

(b)in a case where no guarantee was required, the [F156alcoholic product] must be accompanied by a document issued by the consignor and containing a unique reference number, the consignor's name and address, the date of dispatch, the name and address of the consignee, the address of the place to which [F157the product] is consigned, a description of [F157the product] including its quantity and, in the case of beer, its strength and packet size and a statement indicating that [F157the product] is being moved without payment of duty;

(c)except in the case of movements [F158to which paragraph (2E) applies], property in the [F156alcoholic product] must remain with its producer or manufacturer during the course of the movement;

(d)the consignee who receives the [F156alcoholic product] must, no later than five business days after its receipt—

(i)issue a certificate of receipt containing such particulars as may be specified by the Commissioners in a notice published by them and keep a record of the issue of the certificate; and

(ii)send the certificate of receipt to the consignor of [F157the product]; and

[F159(e)if the amount of alcohol produced in the production premises where the alcoholic product was produced is relevant for the purposes of determining the duty charged on the alcoholic product, the alcoholic product must be accompanied by a certificate of alcohol production in a form approved by the Commissioners.]

(4) For the purposes of [F160paragraph (3)(c)] any person—

(i)who keeps spirits for the purpose of maturation; or

(ii)keeps or uses spirits for the purpose of blending (other than domestic blending for domestic consumption),

shall be treated as the manufacturer.

[F161(5) In this regulation—

“alcoholic product” has the meaning given by section 44 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023;

“beer” has the meaning given by paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to that Act;

“cider” has the meaning given by paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to that Act;

“other fermented product” has the meaning given by paragraph 12 of Schedule 6 to that Act;

“spirits” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to that Act;

“wine” has the meaning given by paragraph 11 of Schedule 6 to that Act;

“packager”, in relation to beer, means a person carrying on the business of packaging beer.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Simplified procedure for certain movements of tobacco productsU.K.

63.—(1) This regulation applies to a movement of tobacco products under duty suspension arrangements which starts in the United Kingdom after 31st December 2010.

(2) Subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (3), the movement of tobacco products to which this regulation applies may take place without being under the cover of an electronic administrative document, to or from—

(a)premises registered in accordance with regulations made under section 7(1) of TPDA 1979 (registered tobacco factories and stores);

(b)an excise warehouse used for the packaging, repackaging or testing of tobacco products.

(3) The specified conditions are—

(a)the tobacco product must be accompanied by a document issued by the consignor and containing a unique reference number, the consignor's name and address, the date of dispatch, the name and address of the consignee, the address of the place to which the tobacco product is consigned, a description of the tobacco product and a statement indicating that the tobacco product is being moved without payment of duty;

(b)property in the tobacco product must remain with its manufacturer during the course of the movement;

(c)the consignee who receives the tobacco product must, no later than five business days after its receipt—

(i)issue a certificate of receipt containing such particulars as may be specified by the Commissioners in a notice published by them and keep a record of the issue of the certificate; and

(ii)send the certificate of receipt to the consignor of the tobacco products.

(4) In this regulation—

  • “manufacturer”, subject to paragraph (5), means any person who manufactures tobacco products in premises that may be registered for the manufacture of tobacco products in accordance with regulations made under section 7(1) of TPDA 1979 (“a registered factory”) ; and

  • “repackaging” means the replacement of any packaging or wrapping material that is customary, necessary or both customary and necessary to enclose and present tobacco products for retail sale purposes.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph 3(b), two bodies corporate may be treated jointly as a manufacturer if—

(a)one of them manufactures tobacco products in premises that may be registered as a registered factory;

(b)one of the other body corporate's principal activities is the storage of tobacco products manufactured by the first mentioned body corporate; and

(c)one of them controls the other or, although neither controls the other, they are both controlled by the same body corporate.

[F162Simplified procedure for direct exports of [F163alcoholic products] and tobacco productsU.K.

63A.—(1) Subject to the conditions specified in paragraph (2), [F164alcoholic products] and tobacco products may be removed without payment of duty from any of the premises referred to in regulation 62 or 63 (including an excise warehouse) to a place F165... from where they will leave the territory of the [F166United Kingdom] without being under the cover of an electronic administrative document.

(2) The specified conditions are—

(a)the occupier of the premises must have been granted authorisation to use [F167a simplified customs procedure in respect of the premises and that authorisation has not been suspended or revoked];

(b)that authorisation must require that a full customs declaration is made; and

(b)in a case where a guarantee was required in accordance with regulation 39, the person providing the guarantee must be shown on that declaration.

(3) In this regulation—

“[F168alcoholic products]” has the meaning given in regulation 62(5);

[F169“authorisation to use a simplified customs procedure” means—

(a)

where authorisation was granted before 1st May 2016, the authorisation referred to in Article 283 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code;

(b)

where authorisation was granted on or after 1 May 2016, an authorisation, granted by the Commissioners, which permits goods to be made available for examination at those premises;] and

“full customs declaration” means a declaration that contains all the particulars set out in [F170the Single Administrative Document provided for in a public notice made under Part 1 of the TCTA 2018].]

Textual Amendments

F171PART 10U.K.EXPORTS OF EXCISE GOODS AFTER RELEASE FOR CONSUMPTION

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Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C39Pt. 10, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 55-57 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 32, 33, 39)

F171PART 11U.K.IMPORTS OF EXCISE GOODS AFTER RELEASE FOR CONSUMPTION

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C40Pt. 11, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 58-63 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 32, 33, 39)

F171PART 12U.K.DISTANCE SALES OF EXCISE GOODS FROM ANOTHER MEMBER STATE

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C41Pt. 12, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 64-69 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 34)

PART 13U.K.IRREGULARITIES IN THE COURSE OF A MOVEMENT OF EXCISE GOODS UNDER A DUTY SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENT

Interpretation of Part 13U.K.

F172 79.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C42Reg. 79, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 69A (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 35)

[F173Irregularities]U.K.

80.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)excise goods are moved under a duty suspension arrangement; and

(b)in relation to those goods and that movement, there is an irregularity F174....

(2) Where an irregularity occurs F175..., the excise goods are released for consumption F175... at the time of the irregularity or, where it is not possible to establish when the irregularity occurred, the time when the irregularity is detected or first comes to the attention of the Commissioners.

F176(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F176(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C43Reg. 80, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 70, 71 (with regs. 2, 3)

Failure of excise goods to arrive at their destinationU.K.

81.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)there is a movement of excise goods under a duty suspension arrangement;

F177(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)the movement is not discharged by the arrival of the goods at their stated destination; and

(d)no irregularity is detected in the course of the movement.

(2) Where this regulation applies an irregularity shall be deemed to have occurred, and the goods accordingly released for consumption, F178... at the time when the movement started.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply if, within four months of the start of the movement, the person (“P”)—

(a)who guaranteed payment of the duty in accordance with regulation 39; or

(b)where no guarantee was required, the consignor of the goods,

satisfies the Commissioners that—

(a)the goods have arrived at their stated destination F179....

(4) If, at the time P is informed by the Commissioners that the excise goods have not arrived at their stated destination, P does not know, or could not reasonably have known, that the goods have not so arrived, P may, no later than one month after that time, provide evidence to satisfy the Commissioners that—

(a)the goods have arrived at their stated destination F180....

(5) Where the Commissioners are satisfied with any evidence provided in accordance with paragraph (4), paragraph (2) does not apply.

(6) In this regulation “stated destination” means the destination stated in—

(i)the electronic administrative document or, as the case may be, [F181fallback accompanying document];

(ii)the document that is required by regulation 62 (simplified procedures for certain movements of [F182alcoholic products]) to accompany the goods (in the case of a movement that takes place in accordance with that regulation); [F183or]

(iii)the document that is required by regulation 63 (simplified procedures for certain movements of tobacco products) to accompany the goods (in the case of a movement that takes place in accordance with that regulation) F184....

F185(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C44Reg. 81, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 72 (with regs. 2, 3)

Repayment of excise dutyU.K.

F18682.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C45Reg. 82, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 73 (with regs. 2, 3)

F187PART 14U.K.IRREGULARITIES IN THE COURSE OF A MOVEMENT OF EXCISE GOODS ALREADY RELEASED FOR CONSUMPTION

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Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C46Pt. 14, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 74-77 (with regs. 2, 3) (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 36, 37)

[F188PART 14AU.K.EXCISE GOODS IN FREE ZONES

Textual Amendments

Interpretation and application of Part 14AU.K.

85A.—(1) In this Part—

“authorised excise free zone business” means a person who is authorised as a free zone business who is also approved to operate a free zone excise warehouse in accordance with regulation 85C;

“free zone” means an area in the United Kingdom designated as a special area for customs purposes under section 100A of CEMA 1979;

“free zone business” means a person authorised to declare goods for a free zone procedure or to carry out a free zone activity under the Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018;

“free zone activity” means an activity falling within the description in regulation 3(2)(c) of the Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018;

“free zone duty representative” means a revenue trader who has been approved to act as agent for overseas revenue traders under regulation 85D(3);

“free zone excise warehouse” means a place of security for the deposit, keeping and securing of excise goods in a free zone procedure;

“free zone procedure” means a storage procedure described in paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018;

“free zone registered owner” means a revenue trader who has been approved to deposit relevant excise goods that they own in a free zone excise warehouse under regulation 85D(2);

“overseas revenue trader” means a revenue trader who does not have a place of business in the United Kingdom;

“relevant excise goods” means excise goods other than—

(a)

hydrocarbon oil within the meaning of section 1 of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979;

(b)

bioethanol within the meaning of section 2AB of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979;

(c)

special energy products within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Excise Warehousing (Energy Products) Regulations 2004;

(d)

[F189wine and other fermented product within the meaning given by paragraphs 11 and 12 (respectively) of Schedule 6 to the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023;]

“revenue trader” has the meaning given in section 1 of the CEMA 1979.

(2) This Part does not apply in respect of excise goods in Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

Holding excise goods in a free zone etc.U.K.

85B.—(1) Excise goods declared for a free zone procedure must be deposited in a free zone excise warehouse operated by an authorised excise free zone business.

(2) Excise goods that are processed goods within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 and have been processed in accordance with a free zone procedure must be held in a free zone excise warehouse.

(3) Relevant excise goods must not be kept in a free zone excise warehouse for more than seventy-two hours (excluding bank holidays) from the time of deposit unless the owner of those goods is an authorised excise free zone business, a revenue trader who is a free zone registered owner or an overseas revenue trader represented by a free zone duty representative.

(4) The Commissioners may exempt a person from complying with paragraph (1), (2) or (3) if they consider that it is necessary to ensure the proper handling of excise goods in a free zone procedure having regard to the type of excise goods being declared or kept by the specified person and the facilities at the location concerned.

(5) Any exemption authorised under paragraph (4) must be given by the Commissioners in writing to the specified person to whom the exemption is to apply.

Authorisation to operate a free zone excise warehouseU.K.

85C.—(1) Any application to authorise a free zone business to operate a free zone excise warehouse must be included in an application for authorisation to carry out an activity in a free zone under the Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

(2) The Commissioners may grant an application under paragraph (1) subject to such terms and conditions relating to storage conditions, permitted operations, record keeping, stock taking and other relevant matters as they think appropriate having regard to the nature of goods to be stored and the activities to be carried out in the warehouse concerned.

(3) A free zone business authorised under paragraph (1) to operate a free zone excise warehouse shall be known for the purposes of this Part as “an authorised excise free zone business”.

(4) An application under paragraph (1) may be made as a request for a variation of an existing free zone business approval under regulation 91 of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

(5) The Commissioners may specify general terms and conditions applicable to authorised excise free zone businesses in a public notice.

(6) The Commissioners may at any time for reasonable cause revoke or vary the terms of approval of an authorised excise free zone business.

Approval of owners and duty representatives: terms and conditionsU.K.

85D.—(1) The Commissioners may approve a revenue trader who wishes in the course of their business to deposit relevant excise goods that they own in a free zone excise warehouse subject to such terms and conditions regarding record keeping and other relevant matters as they think appropriate.

(2) A revenue trader who has been so approved shall be known as “a free zone registered owner”.

(3) The Commissioners may approve a revenue trader to act as agent for overseas revenue traders who wish to deposit relevant excise goods that they own in a free zone excise warehouse subject to such terms and conditions as the Commissioners think appropriate.

(4) A revenue trader who has been so approved shall be known as “a free zone duty representative”.

(5) The Commissioners may specify general terms and conditions applicable to free zone registered owners and free zone duty representatives in a public notice.

(6) The Commissioners may at any time for reasonable cause revoke or vary the terms of approval of a free zone registered owner or free zone duty representative.

Excise duty points and liability to payU.K.

85E.—(1) If excise goods are deposited, kept, dealt with, removed or destroyed in a free zone excise warehouse in contravention of any of the terms and conditions imposed by or under regulations 85B, 85C or 85D—

(a)the goods are treated as having been imported and an excise duty point arises under regulation 6(1)(d) at the time the contravention occurred or first came to the attention of the Commissioners, and

(b)paragraphs (2) and (3) apply.

(2) The person liable to pay the duty when an excise duty point arises under paragraph (1) is the authorised excise free zone business.

(3) Where more than one person is involved in the contravention leading to the excise duty point under paragraph (1), each person is jointly and severally liable to pay the duty.

(4) Where an excise duty point has arisen under paragraph (1) due to a contravention of regulation 85B(3) (keeping excise goods in a free zone excise warehouse for more than seventy-two hours) the authorised excise free zone business who is liable for the duty is relieved from liability to pay that duty if, immediately following the occurrence of the excise duty point, that person abandons those goods to the Commissioners.

(5) Where excise goods are abandoned to the Commissioners in accordance with paragraph (4) the person liable to pay the duty at the excise duty point is the owner of the goods at that excise duty point or (where applicable) the free zone duty representative.

Application of the Finance Act 1994 to this partU.K.

85F.—(1) The provisions of Part 1, Chapter 2 (appeals and penalties) of the Finance Act 1994 (“FA 1994”) apply in relation to contraventions of any requirements imposed by or under regulations 85B, C or D with the following modifications.

(2) A contravention referred to in paragraph (1) is to be treated as a default falling within section 12(2) FA 1994 (assessments).

(3) A decision whether or not and in which respects any person is to be or is to continue to be approved as an authorised excise free zone business under regulation 85C, a free zone registered owner under regulation 85D(1) or a free zone duty representative under regulation 85D(3), is to be treated as an “approval decision” under section 16A(2) of FA 1994.]

PART 15U.K.OBLIGATIONS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

General conditions and restrictionsU.K.

86.  The Commissioners may in a notice published by them—

(a)impose on authorised warehousekeepers F190... conditions and restrictions subject to which excise goods to which these Regulations apply may be deposited in or removed from excise warehouses;

F191(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)prescribe conditions and restrictions subject to which excise goods to which these Regulations apply and in respect of which F192... excise duty has not been paid may be dispatched by F193... registered consignors;

(d)impose on transporters and on persons undertaking the carriage of excise goods requirements concerning the keeping and preserving of the documents that are required by these Regulations to accompany the goods.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C47Reg. 86, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 78 (with regs. 2, 3)

Obligations of owners and transportersU.K.

87.—(1) Every owner and every transporter of excise goods to which these Regulations apply must ensure that the [F194EMCS requirements] are complied with at all times.

(2) Every transporter of excise goods to which these Regulations apply must, while the goods remain in that transporter's custody or under that transporter's control, produce or cause to be produced to an officer any documents that are required by these Regulations to accompany the goods when required to do so.

(3) This regulation also applies to —

(a)any person who undertakes the carriage of excise goods who is not the transporter; and

(b)the driver of any vehicle in which the goods are being carried,

as it applies to the transporter.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

PART 16U.K.FORFEITURE AND CIVIL PENALTIES

Forfeiture of excise goods on which the duty has not been paidU.K.

88.  If in relation to any excise goods that are liable to duty that has not been paid there is—

(a)a contravention of any provision of these Regulations, or

(b)a contravention of any condition or restriction imposed by or under these Regulations,

those goods shall be liable to forfeiture.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

Civil PenaltiesU.K.

89.—(1) In the case of any contravention of or failure to comply with any relevant regulation or any [F195EMCS requirement], section 100J of CEMA 1979 M10 (contravention of registered excise dealers and shippers regulations) applies for the purposes of attracting civil penalties under section 9 of the Finance Act 1994 in the following manner.

(2) Any contravention of, or failure to comply with, any relevant regulation is treated as if it were a contravention of a provision of registered excise dealers and shippers regulations.

(3) In so far as the contravention or failure is not included in paragraph (2) any contravention of, or failure to comply with, any [F196EMCS requirement] is treated as if it were a failure to comply with a condition or restriction imposed by or under registered excise dealers and shippers regulations.

(4) In this regulation “relevant regulation” means a regulation specified in Schedule 1.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, continued (with modifications) (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 2-80 (as amended (13.2.2023) by S.I. 2023/64, reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 paras. 1-39)

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PART 17U.K.CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REVOCATIONS AND SAVINGS

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C48Pt. 17 modified (N.I.) (31.12.2020) in so far as these regulations are continued, as they had effect immediately before IP completion day, in respect of the holding, movement and taxation of excise goods in Northern Ireland by virtue of The Excise Duties (Northern Ireland Miscellaneous Modifications and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1559), regs. 1(1), 79 (with regs. 2, 3)

Consequential amendmentsU.K.

90.  The provisions mentioned in Schedule 2 are amended as described in the Schedule.

Revocations and savingsU.K.

91.  The Regulations specified in column (1) of the table in Schedule 3 are revoked to the extent specified in column (3), subject to, and in accordance with, the Notes to the table.

Dave Hartnett

Bernadette Kenny

Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

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